tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post784910647550642731..comments2024-03-25T13:09:43.054-05:00Comments on Charlotte's Library: Unicorns vs ZombiesCharlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11835101886202235868noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-3348622200817111672008-11-26T11:08:00.000-05:002008-11-26T11:08:00.000-05:00I'm totally on Team Unicorn! Thanks for bringing u...I'm totally on Team Unicorn! Thanks for bringing up this important issue. ;^)<BR/><BR/>(Now Zombie Unicorns. That might really go somewhere.)MotherReaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11274509991340797264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-18107509300839723312008-11-25T08:21:00.000-05:002008-11-25T08:21:00.000-05:00I think it might be true that unicorn books are ch...I think it might be true that unicorn books are cheesy but that's all the more reason to champion the unicorn and get them out of their cheesy exile. Madeleine L'Engle has a good one in one of the Time Quartet books, and there's a really interesting one in Diana Wynne Jones's recent Pinhoe Egg, but I don't know of any good unicorn protagonists. Still, I'm on team unicorn despite my immense respect and affection for John Green, and my admiration for Justine Larbalestier, both of whom I hesitate to cross.Libbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406720496767981522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-75067796808356343542008-11-23T09:45:00.000-05:002008-11-23T09:45:00.000-05:00I think I am leaning towards team zombie - just be...I think I am leaning towards team zombie - just because they are usually in more exciting books. Unicorn books tend to be pretty cheesy...Lenore Appelhanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16664671644163369772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-348869310991568382008-11-20T19:48:00.000-05:002008-11-20T19:48:00.000-05:00Yes, I would count Frankenstein! But I've never r...Yes, I would count Frankenstein! But I've never read it, so I can't comment as to its worth. <BR/><BR/>The bat-winged unicorns always scared me a bit. They sound like Kim's zombicorns!Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15750715350958105088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-82456181253489934692008-11-20T10:31:00.000-05:002008-11-20T10:31:00.000-05:00I love unicorns ( I stll have a gold unicorn charm...I love unicorns ( I stll have a gold unicorn charm necklace:)....uncool?<BR/>BUT I love creepy zombies and scary books too......<BR/>I guess i'm in the zombicorn camp!Kim Baisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07899650459408364102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-24186228244705445032008-11-19T22:29:00.000-05:002008-11-19T22:29:00.000-05:00Great post, Charlotte. I loved finding these kinds...Great post, Charlotte. I loved finding these kinds of connections when I was reading Cybils books, too. I'm definitely in the unicorn camp. I don't have much of my unicorn paraphernalia left from my teen years, although I do still have a couple of things. And zombies are just icky.<BR/><BR/>Rathacat, I like your black unicorn image! I'd like to ride one of those!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16813084292265103896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1265120169320473011.post-45721454391477437482008-11-19T19:09:00.000-05:002008-11-19T19:09:00.000-05:00Would Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (the book, hot t...Would Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (the book, hot the horror movie) count under these criteria? If a zombie is dead, yet his bones move, Shelley's tragic monster appears to qualify.<BR/><BR/>I guess I'm in the unicorn camp, since I prefer live animals over resurrected dead ones (including humans). The cutsie-wootsie ones are too much, though. (I still do like CS Lewis' Jewel) I prefer my unicorns black, with bat wings and saber horns.<BR/>My cat characters also like horned beasts, but theirs have three horns instead of one.<BR/><BR/>All in fun, CBrathacathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863145097903792136noreply@blogger.com